Editing Highland, Illinois (section)

==Mentions in popular media==
Highland is the setting for the first song on the ''[[Illinois (Sufjan Stevens album)|Illinois]]''<!-- DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME OF THE ALBUM: the album is "Illinois", one track is "Come on Feel the Illinoise": see the Talk:Sufjan_Stevens page--> album by [[Sufjan Stevens]], titled 'Concerning the UFO sighting near Highland, Illinois', in which Stevens mentions a 21st-century [[UFO]] sighting by the owner of the local [[miniature golf|mini-golf]] course.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kozemko|first=Jared|title=Sufjan Stevens' Illinoise is a new state of mind|url=http://www.thelaf.com/a-e/sufjan-stevens-illinoise-is-a-new-state-of-mind-1.2517363|publisher=the Lafayette}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Stage|first=Wm|title=Space Case|url=http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2000-04-05/news/space-case/|publisher=Riverfront Times}}</ref>

Highland was also mentioned on ''[[The Daily Show]]'' on February 9, 2006. A report mentioned local pharmacist and state legislator [[Ron Stephens (Illinois politician)|Ron Stephens]], who protested an executive order by Illinois Governor [[Rod Blagojevich]] requiring a pharmacist to fill [[emergency contraception]] prescriptions.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ill. governor confused by 'Daily Show' bit |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-02-23-governor_x.htm |agency=Associated Press | publisher= [[USA Today]] |date=2006-02-23 |access-date=2007-07-17 }}</ref>